Save the Sea Campaigns

Fertilizers and industrial pollution cause more and more oxygen-poor and dead zones in our oceans. There is hardly any oxygen present in these dead zones, making life impossible for marine …

Resistant bacteria arise in large rivers due to the high levels of antibiotics present in the water. Medications and antibiotics were found in 66% of the rivers studied in 72 …

Fish farms in the ocean disrupt the ecosystem. The overcrowding in fish farms is responsible for the spread of diseases in wild fish. The toxic food that the farmed fish …

You don’t have to be a scientist to know that our oceans are terribly polluted. Here at Amanprana we have regularly published articles on this subject under the title of …

If you follow the news every day, how often do you see stories about our oceans? And how much do you know about the blue part of our blue planet? …

Eco-warrior and outrageous multimillionaire David de Rothschild is about to make a voyage around the world, of more than 11.000 nautical miles with his Plastiki, a 20 metre long catamaran, …

    Climate warming also has major consequences for the oceans. Between 1850 and 2015, the surface temperature of ​​the world increased by 0.87° C. According to climate scientists, global …

Climate-change activists march through the streets, bunking classes for our future’s sake. Bunking classes in many cities in Europe “We deserve a green planet, a safe future, and politicians who …

It is expected that this plastic pollution will triple again in the next 10 years. The envisioned future warns of an “out-of-sight, out-of-heart” approach to the plastic problem. One would …

Scientists believe that no less than 98% of marine plant and animal life live in or on the ocean floor. Large numbers of them live around underwater mountains, also called …

In the northern Atlantic Ocean blue whiting is currently being excessively and irresponsibly fished. In Iceland alone 276 million kilos of it. The majority of this is processed into fish …

Overfishing is prevalent along most of the world’s coasts. The consequences: 1. Fishing fleets target increasingly small species so that they no longer have enough time to mate. 2. Fishing …

Unless drastic measures are taken, the waters around Europe, and elsewhere, will start to look like a desert, and an empty fishpond. Fishermen often forget that they only harvest and …

Ancient Greeks used to stand on bluffs to watch for schools of tuna passing the shore. Today, fishing fleets stalk the fish across thousands of miles of ocean with helicopters, …

Fishing for tuna was once very efficient. In the Mediterranean it was the huge tuna such as the Sicilian Mattanza that was fished. But that is a thing of the …

Tsukiji market in Tokyo, a national sanctuary that is the symbol (and soon to be in the past tense) for the ‘inexhaustibility of the sea’ where 600 million kilos of …

Stop whaling. On 12 September 2010 ‘A Night for the Oceans’ was organised. A fund-raising event for Sea Shepherd with the cooperation of Noble-House aimed at protecting and cherishing our …

When you dissect a seabird the chances are high you’ll find plastic in its stomach. As we have previously described, our oceans are full of microplastics. We’ve already covered the microbeads in …

How many plastic bags do you use? Every year the average European uses 200 plastic bags, creating a giant mountain of waste. The bags end up in our rivers, oceans …

On Friday March 5, the UK government closes a public consultation on whether or not to create the world’s largest Marine Protected Area around the Chagos Islands. Commercial fishing companies …

Chris Jordan, art photographer, tries to show the consequences of mass consumption in his pictures. The small island archipelago of Midway, halfway between the USA and Asia, in the northern …

The mountain of waste resulting from mass consumption of non-organic materials such as all kinds of plastics, will leave an “unbearable stamp” on the coming centuries. We must stop using …

Did you know that you can get an underwater heat wave? We’re all familiar with those hot periods when we suffer from the weather, but the underwater world also has …

Hormones turn whelks into hermaphrodites. Tributyltin and hormone research Research on whelks (a type of sea snail, which you’ve probably eaten at some point) led to a bizarre discovery. There …

In around 1900 industry added a hydrogen atom to vegetable oils in order to solidify them. This was the origin of margarine, a longlife fat. It appeared to be quite …

If you regularly eat fish you have eaten plastic as well. It has been estimated that an approximate 244 million kilos of plastic is in our oceans. Most of this …

France has announced that it intends to ban the use of plastic plates and plastic cups by 2020. This means that by the new decade there won’t be a plastic …

Who hasn’t heard of Starbucks? Their popularity, for a large part, is due to their signature move: writing or better yet misspelling your name on their coffee cups. The popularity …

Every once in a while, it’s nice to read about positive developments for our oceans and the fishing industry. Large international fishing fleets and customers have come together with the …

Just 4% of our oceans is protected, it has emerged from a study conducted by the Institute for Ocean and Fisheries at the university of British Columbia (UBC). That’s very …

The effects of microplastics remain unclear, but preventative methods are being studied While the effects of microplastics, as well as the chemicals and bacteria they carry, are still under investigation, …

Small initiatives can make a difference. Lots of small initiatives can make a big difference. Together, we can safeguard the oceans and seas from further pollution and help preserve critically …

A recreational event for charity. North Sea Challenge voor schonere kusten voor onze kinderen! Daarom sponsort Amanprana! Kim Clijsters is godmother of Amanprana North Sea Challenge 2014 Kim Clijsters is …

1500 scientists recently warned that human activity, such as destructive fishing is causing the volume of catches to plummet. If we do not change course radically we can expect to …

The Sardine Run occurs between May and July when millions of sardines – or more specifically the Southern African pilchard Sardinops sagax – spawn in the cool waters of the …

The first phase of SCFE is the extraction phase, the crude fish oil is put under high pressure (200 to 600 bar) and at temperatures between 30 and 150° oxygen …

Amanprana sponsors Sea Shepherd’s ‘Brigitte Bardot’. Don’t eat tuna – the fight for tuna-free restaurants. Sea Shepherd’s ‘Brigitte Bardot’ visits Antwerp (MAS museum) On 15 September 2011 Amanprana visited the …

No! Climate change is not the main reason why sea turtles struggle to survive in the world’s oceans. It’s people. People who steal, sell and eat turtle eggs. These pictures …